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Monument honoring US Colored Troops moves forward in Rocky Mount
Roanoke Times· 55 minutes agoA monument honoring 70 Black soldiers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War soon will be...
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: National title for Tennessee means title rings for Backus, Connell, Bargo,...
Bristol Herald Courier· 4 hours agoThe University of Tennessee Volunteers won the College World Series on Monday night at Charles...
APPY LEAGUE: Bristol never got to say hey to Willie Mays as segregation prevented star from joining ...
Bristol Herald Courier· 5 days agoThe Bristol Twins compiled a 74-47 record during the 1950 Appalachian League season, finishing 6 ½...
Opportunity Appalachia Selects 29 High-Impact Projects
Bristol Herald Courier· 18 hours agoOpportunity Appalachia, a program of Appalachian Community Capital, and the state lead for Virginia...
Crystal Cauley, Hendersonville Black community activist, school board candidate dies
Times-News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe mayor’s proclamation is just one of many milestones...earned a “Radical Rest” grant from the...
A history of Black coal miners in W.Va. is worth digging into, museum says
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 22—In West Virginia, where the Appalachian storytelling tradition still hangs in the hollows and along the ridgetops like a whisper of morning fog, it's not just the ...
30 vintage photos of people camping show how different it used to be
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoMany state and national parks upheld segregation until the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
How to Spend Time Outside If You Hate Getting Sweaty
Time via AOL· 7 days agoBut the absolute most scorching? That would be the Appalachian Trail, a nearly 2,200-mile trek from Georgia to Maine. When she spent eight months hiking...
New chancellor announced for NC A&T. Here’s who will lead the country’s largest HBCU.
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHe will be an outstanding leader for our university.” Three chancellorships in the UNC System remain...
Chefs Explain What Sorghum Is And What You Can Do With It
Mashed via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago"Sorghum syrup is a staple in Southern and Appalachian cooking and baking, and it is one of my...